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Published on

07 Feb 2005

Abstract

BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology have the potential to make significant impact
in a wide range of fields and applications. This lecture series introduces
the basic concepts and topics underlying the interdisciplinary areas of
BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology. Advances in this field require the knowledge
of polymer processing and soft lithography in addition to silicon-inspired
fabrication. Since the primary aim of many of these devices and systems is
to form sensors for biological and chemical entities, an introduction to
DNA, proteins, and microbiology is also essential. These devices and
systems are designed to handle fluids at these small scale and hence the
basic concepts of microfluidics need to be reviewed. Means to transport
fluids and biological entities in these devices are necessary for the
proper functioning and design of integrated devices, that can perform
complete analysis on biological and chemical samples. These key topics are
reviewed in this lecture series to equip the listener to get engaged deeper
in these exciting areas of research.

Bio

Rashid Bashir is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University.
Before coming to Purdue, he spent 6 years at National Semiconductor in the
Process Technology Development Group as Sr. Engineering Manager. He has
authored or coauthored over 100 journal and conference papers and has over
25 patents. His research interests include biomedical
microelectromechanical systems, applications of semiconductor fabrication
to biomedical engineering, advanced semiconductor fabrication techniques,
and nano-biotechnology. In 2000, he received the NSF Career Award for his
work in Biosensors and BioMEMS. He also received the Joel and Spira
Outstanding Teaching award from School of ECE at Purdue University. He was
also selected by National Academy of Engineering to attend the Frontiers in
Engineering Workshop in Fall 2003.